The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-28
CONRAD'S PERSUADERS.
He Deals Out Free Railroad Tickets 10
the Convention.
Although He 10 Leading = FOrlOrn Hope
For the Lieutenant GovsrnOrship--
Sherman Talks for sherman
This Morning.
iIsDeciaI TO the DAILY DKMocRAT.l

ISpeciAl 10 the DAILY DEMocRAT.l
TOLEDO, O., July 27.-Ths Mansfield
delegation headed by a brass band, ar
rived at noon with banners bearing the
inscription For President JlO. Sher
man" In responding to q serenader
Senator Sherman appeared on the hotel
balcony and made short speech In
whtce he enlogiZed Foraker. Hon. Jno.
A. Bingham followed Sherman In a
Sherman speech. he briefly reViewed
the life and public services Of Sherman
and ended with an eloquent appeal 10
the delegates to endorse him unani.
mously for the presidency.
sHERMAN's SPEECH.
John Shermsn's speech from hotel
balcony, In response to serenade by
Mansfield band: Fellow citizens-I am
told that a good number Of this great
multitude come from Richland county
II so, want to tell them cODhdentisliy
that they came too late; everything is
settled. The Republican parry will be
thts fall q united and victorious party,
II you won't tell the newspapers / will
say that this convention Is going 10 he
hearty and generous, and will exhibit
the determination of Republicans Ia
win. From every county, from every
portion of our State, from the lake Ia
the river, from Indiana to PennsyIva.
MIA, every voice Is for the renOminA.
tion Of
FORAKER FOR GOVERNOR
Of Ohio. 1t Is because he deserves re-
nomination and deserves to be our Gov
ernor and will stand by our principles
our hopes and our aspirations from this
time forth as long as he is Governor OF
Ohio, "a voice: "and Sherman for PresI.
dent,") upon the. principle of old
common law cannot vote
upon that question because l am
Interested Ia 1t. l congratulate
you, my countrymen, upon the hapDy
circumstances upon which we meet here
together on the lake shore; we come TO-
day as we did In 1884. We come for the
good of our State and our common
country, and from this hencefOrth, be.
lieVe, this meeting, to be held today and
tomorrow, is the beginning Of the good
time when the Republican power will
be restored In the nation and state.
STARK COUNTY ARRIVES.
The Stark county crowd arrived here
at IL O'Clock last p. m. by special train
over the Lake Erie Il Wheeling road,
At Orrville we were joined by the
Youngstown, RaVennR and Warren
delegations who had arrived there In
Wagner coaches on Chauncy Andrews
and the Mt, Vernon roads. They were
headed by Asa Jones and Judge Ariel,
and were travelling in great shape.
At Massillon Senator Conrad ioined
the party, and was greeted by ali with
q genuine candidate arm and elbow
shake. He also made his presence felt
by distributing number of yellow
round trip tickets, which he said the
delegates could settle for on their re-
turn. John Jerome, Eco, of Minerva,
ls delegate, and has frequently been
taken for Mckinley. In order to dis
tingnish the two, John wears O yellow
badge, Notwithstanding the presence Of
John Sherman, and the fact that he is
keeping open house Rt the BoOdy. At
this hour the weather is almost as
HOT AS THE BLAINE MEN,
who sea the shades Of Mnusfi I'D gather
ing over them. There seems to bs nc
doubt that Sherman will be endorc ed
though desperate effort ia being made
to keep the matter out of the GonVen.
tton. Conrad seems to be leading a
forlOrn hope, but h0 may gain strength
by combination on Auditor and At
tOrney General.
The Stark county delegation met al
their headquarters, at the BOody, this
morning, and organized by electIng
Major Mckinley chairman Of the m ct.
Ing. 1t was agreed to try and force q
resolution through the Eighteenth dis.
triot meeting this afternoon
TO SUPPORT CONRAD
first and last. They formed q comblna-
ton with COlumbiana county, whereby
they agree TO support Baker for Auditor
In return for Conrad faV0rs.
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT MEETING
The delegates Of the Eighteenth Dis
trlct met at o'clock this afternoon and
elected the following officers to repre-
sent the district In the convention:
Vice President j. r. Hickman, Colum.
biana; q. ]. Eckiy. Carroll, Committee
on Credentials; Maj. Mckinley, StsrB,
Committee on Resolutions; l q. Taylor,
Carroll, Committee on Rules and Order
Of Business; Gen. K. 8. Holloway, Col
umblans, Committee on Permanent
Organization; Judge L. W. King, Ma.
hOning, Member State Central Commit
tee. The District meeting passed res
olution against the endorsement of
Sherman. "PET,"